No panel required

Usability testing, no panel needed

Configure an AI persona that reflects your target user. Point it at a Figma prototype or live URL. Get structured usability findings in under 10 minutes, with no scheduling, no incentives, and no recruiting overhead.

The problem

Recruiting blocks research cadence

Teams spend more time writing screening questionnaires and coordinating calendars than running the test itself. For B2B SaaS founders, the difficulty compounds: the target user rarely appears in standard panels, and no-shows add overhead on top of screening.

47%

of researchers name participant recruiting as the hardest phase of any study

2026 User Research Industry Report

2–4 wks

typical time from "we should test this" to findings ready, when recruiting from scratch

Industry average

0

scheduling overhead, no-show risk, or incentive budget required when running AI personas

Tessary

How it works

From idea to findings in minutes

Tessary replaces the participant recruiting step with AI personas. You configure the persona, run the test, and read results at the pace of your design iteration.

  1. Configure your persona

    Set the role, domain expertise, brand familiarity, and patience level. The persona reflects your actual target user, not a generic panel respondent.

  2. Point at your product

    Paste a Figma prototype link or a live URL. Tessary navigates the flow in a real browser, clicking buttons and filling forms the same way a real user would.

  3. Read structured findings

    Results arrive in under 10 minutes: screenshots, navigation steps, reasoning traces, and prioritized usability issues with suggested fixes. No synthesis required.

Two approaches

Old approach vs Tessary

The main change is cadence. When recruiting is off the critical path, a round of usability findings can happen at the same pace as the design iteration.

Panel recruiting

The traditional approach

  • Write screening questionnaires and post to a panel
  • Coordinate calendars and over-recruit for no-shows
  • Wait 2 to 4 weeks for findings
  • Enterprise verticals are sparse or absent from standard panels
  • Participant variance confounds version-to-version comparisons
Tessary

Tessary AI personas

No recruiting required

  • Configure role, domain expertise, and context directly
  • Run against any Figma prototype or live URL immediately
  • Findings in under 10 minutes
  • Same persona, repeatable across design versions
  • Free tier: 3 sessions per month, no credit card required
Side by side

What changes without a panel

Four dimensions that shift when you remove participant recruiting from the critical path.

TessaryPanel recruiting
Time to resultsUnder 10 minutes2 to 4 weeks, coordinating from your own user base
Cost per sessionFree tier: 3 sessions per month, no credit card requiredParticipant incentive plus platform fee
Persona consistencySame configured persona, repeatable across design versionsDifferent participants each run, introducing behavioral variance
Niche user availabilityConfigure role, context, and domain expertise directlySparse in standard panels for enterprise and B2B verticals
FAQ

Questions about no-panel testing

Usability testing without recruiting participants uses AI personas to simulate how a target user navigates your product. The persona runs in a real browser, navigates your Figma prototype or live URL, and returns structured findings showing where users hesitate, get confused, or drop off. You set up and run a test in minutes and receive results without any scheduling overhead.
Chatbot feedback is generic and disconnected from your actual product interface. Tessary runs AI personas with consistent goals, context, and reasoning across the full session. The persona navigates your product in a real browser, clicks buttons, fills forms, and notes where the flow breaks. Findings reflect the persona's specific role and context, not general UX heuristics applied to a description.
For directional decisions, such as where the flow confuses users or what stops someone from completing a task, AI personas are faster and more consistent than a small recruited cohort. For research requiring lived experience or domain-specific emotional context, AI findings are a useful starting point that narrows what you bring to moderated sessions.
Tessary offers 3 sessions per month on the free plan, with no credit card required. There are no participant incentive costs, no recruiting fees, and no per-session charges on the free tier. Unlimited sessions are available on the Team plan.
Tessary returns structured findings in under 10 minutes for most flows. Results include screenshots, interaction steps, reasoning traces, and prioritized issues, without any wait for participant scheduling, no-shows, or manual synthesis afterward.
Tessary works with Figma prototypes and live URLs, including SaaS onboarding flows, checkout sequences, admin interfaces, settings pages, and any other flow accessible by link. The AI persona navigates the flow the same way a browser user would, in a real browser environment.
Get started

Test before the review, not after.

The free plan gives you three sessions a month. Run one against the flow you have been postponing and see what the persona surfaces before your next design review.

Start freeNo credit card required. No recruiting. First session in minutes.